Incidentally
[ɪnsɪ'dent(ə)lɪ] or [,ɪnsɪ'dɛntli]
Definition
(adv.) of a minor or subordinate nature; 'these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models'.
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Examples
- We have as yet only spoken incidentally of the disappearance of species and of groups of species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Incidentally this would also have drowned most of the Dutch harvest and cattle. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A method of preventing in a great measure friction of water against the hull of a ship and incidentally preventing fouling by barnacles. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- When I refer to them, incidentally, it is only as a part of my progress. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Margaret had never spoken of Helstone since she left it, except just naming the place incidentally. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It did not occur to anybody that incidentally Marius had also created a professional army with no interest to hold it together but its pay. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- With unearthly howls and shrieks, a l'Indien, he pranced about the room, incidentally giving Edison a scare that made him jump up from his work. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Incidentally, he had won ten thousand francs, for D'Arnot insisted that he keep it all. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- But the state of the same organ in distinct classes may incidentally throw light on the steps by which it has been perfected. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Incidentally mentioning, at the same time, her age? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It incidentally showed that her apparent languor did not arise from lack of force. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Incidentally it may be noted that things, not words, are referred to; for Edison, in addition to inventing the apparatus, has often had to coin the word to describe it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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